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| “ | Bastards can rise high in the world, like your half-brother Jon Snow. Born the bastard of Winterfell, now the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. You didn't know? Yes, he's done very well for himself. | „ |
| ~ Ramsay Bolton about Jon Snow. |
Jon Snow is one of the main protagonists of the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.
He is introduced as Lord Eddard (Ned) Stark's illegitimate son and he has five half-siblings: an older brother Robb Stark, two younger sisters: Sansa and Arya Stark, and two younger brothers Bran and Rickon Stark.
Jon volunteered to fight for the Night's Watch and later became to the Night's Watch commander. after he get coup from his men that murderer him he came back alive by the the red priestess Melisandre and leave the Night's Watch to fight for a kingdom in the north with his family.
He was portrayed by Kit Harington.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Admirable?[]
- According to him, in the past he avoided sleeping with a prostitute in order to avoid siring a bastard who would be stigmatized like he was.
- Volunteered to join the Night's Watch, an institution that defends the realm and especially the North.
- He genuinely loved his adoptive Stark family and cared about them, even though he grew up as a bastard and Catelyn hated him for it.
- Lied to Robb that Catelyn had been kind to him after Bran's fall, for the benefit of his family.
- Pleaded Ned Stark to keep direwolf puppies and even adopted one white direwolf.
- Paid the blacksmith to make a sword for his adoptive sister Arya Stark.
- Protected Sam from bullies like Rast.
- He tried to go to help Robb in his fight against the Lannisters.
- Defended Jeor Mormont from two wights by burning them.
- Spied on Craster when he sacrificed his infant son to White Walkers and warned Jeor Mormont about him, with him having tried to save the baby but being unable to as a White Walker had already gotten to him.
- Refuses to kill Ygritte in their first encounter, only taking her in for questioning.
- Although he did kill Qhorin Halfhand, it was at his request to allow him to infiltrate the wildlings.
- When he infiltrated the wildlings he stayed loyal to the Night's Watch and refused to kill a northman.
- He tried to convince Ygritte to not have the wildlings attack the cities beyond the wall, as he didn't want them to die like so many wildlings who had tried that six times prior.
- He made a sound with his sword to give an elderly man whose stable was being attacked by the wildlings' group a warning so he could escape before he was killed, convinced Ygritte not to shoot at him, and even when he was being forced to kill the man, he refused despite knowing doing so would break his cover.
- He pushed Ygritte during his fight with the wildings group to protect her.
- Nurtured Olly, a boy whose parents were killed in a wildling raid, as much as he could and made him his steward. Even after he had Olly hanged for his part in the Mutiny at Castle Black, he had mixed feelings towards him.
- Volunteered to fight Karl Tanner and killed him, saving Craster's daughters from him and his group in the process. He also did this to prevent the wildling army from interrogating the mutineers about Castle Black's army.
- While he doesn't leave Castle Black while Mance's army of wildlings attacks and slaughters people in villages, he only did it because he knew that if he and the watch went to stop them, they would fall under Mance's trap, and he was very hesitant at having to do so.
- Tried to comfort Ygritte before her death, even though she tried to shoot him with an arrow shortly before. He later made a funeral pyre beyond the wall to honor her memory.
- During the Battle for the Wall, Jon leads the defenses against the Free Folk army after Alliser Thorne was wounded.
- He risked his life to negotiate with Mance Rayder.
- He finished off Mance Rayder with an arrow and disobeyed the orders of Stannis in order to save Mance from a painful death.
- He initially refused to break his oath to the Watch and join to Stannis's army to fight in the North, although he ends up doing it later.
- In spite of his hatred for him due to killing his brother Robb, he still accepted to make a deal with Roose Botlon in order to get more men to protect the Wall.
- Despite his well-known rivalry with Ser Alliser, he leaves him as Chief Ranger after being elected Lord Commander, a mistake he would pay with his life.
- He evacuated and saved thousands of wildlings from the White Walkers in the Hardhome. Before this, he also freed Tormund from his chains to convince the Free Folk to come to the Wall.
- It is even more admirable as he had reservations about it until Master Aemon reassured him and knew how the Night's Watch would react to it. In fact he paid for this act with his life, although he was resurrected later.
- He also regretted not being able to save more of them from the White Walkers.
- Promised to keep Sansa from Ramsay and prevent him from taking her.
- He defeated the Bolton army, risked his own life and helped the Stark army reclaim Winterfell from Ramsay Bolton and his cruel men.
- During the fight he also tried to save him brother Rickon and also Wun Wun from Ramsay, and even risked his life for this but failed.
- Although Melisandre brought him back to life, he still judges her at the request of Davos for sacrificing Princess Shireen and exiled her.
- He ensured Rickon would be buried as a Stark.
- Proved that Petyr Baelish sold Sansa to the Boltons and warned him to stay away from her.
- Refused to punish Alys Karstark and Ned Umber for the treachery of their respective fathers, since they were innocent. He also forgave the lords who didn't help in the Battle of the Bastards.
- He left Sansa in the charge of Winterfell his absence.
- He sailed south to make an alliance with Daenerys Targaryen and even knelt for her. He also convinced her to help him fight against the wight, which saves lifes of the northmen.
- He spared Theon Greyjoy's life to repay him for saving Sansa and ultimately forgave him for his crimes, encouraging him to rescue his sister Yara from their uncle Euron.
- Led a small force to capture a white walker and risked his life, even though he was the King in the North.
- Offered Longclaw to Jorah Mormont since the sword used to belong to his father.
- He killed the leading White Walker of a group of the Dead, which led to most of the walkers getting killed and thus indirectly saving Jorah's life.
- Stayed loyal to Daenerys in her war and tried a ceasefire with Cersei.
- After confessing to him that he is in the line of succession (according to House Targaryen), he still remains a supporter of Daenerys even when Varys tried to encourage him to betray her. He does this both out of humility and to not cause chaos or hurt Daenerys.
- He fought in the Battle of Winterfell, risked his own life and did everything he could to stop the Long Night and save Westeros and the entire world from the Night King and White Walkers.
- He comforted Daenerys after Jorah's death.
- He gave his direwolf, Ghost to Tormund, as he went to south.
- During the battle of King's Landing, he prevented several soldiers from harming the Lannister soldiers who raised their hands and also killed one of his soldiers who tried to rape a woman and then told her to take cover.
- After the destruction of King's Landing, he tried to send a few men to protect Tyrion while he was walking through the debris, although Tyrion refused.
- When Daenerys became unstable he started to have second thoughts about his loyalty for her. He also tried to stop Grey Worm from executing Lannister soldiers and visited Tyrion Lannister after he was arrested.
- While he killed Daenerys and committed regidice, it was necessary after she was about to become the Queen of the Ashes, possibly also threatening his family. In any case, he didn't want to do it, cried afterwards wondering if he did the right thing and also accepted his punishment for it with dignity.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]
- He was sometime wrathful in a few instances, and sometimes very lethal far too much for him to be Near Pure Good. For example:
- He almost murdered Alliser Thorne (at seasen 1) because he mocked Ned's arrest in King's Landing and maybe and he might have killed him if his fellow guardsmen hadn't stopped it, which would have given Jon the death penalty and later (in season 4), he is seen approaching Jon and Alliser calls him to challenge him to it. Assaulting Thorne is considered a sin to his code as a member of the Night's Watch.
- By this act, Jon also violated the trust of his commander, Jaure Mormont, forcing the latter to punish Jon and send Alliser to King's Landing to keep the latter away from him.
- He threatens to kill Rast with his wolf if he harms Sam.
- He kills Qhorin Halfhand by stabbing him in the stomach, even though it was just a ploy to gain Jon's trust from the free folk (However, it seems that he very quickly regretted his hasty killing).
- He angrily kills Orel by stabbing him in the stomach, after confessing that he was right towards him all along.
- He and his men kill Karl Tanner's rebels mainly out of revenge for the murder of Jeor Mormont, although they all deserved their fate and Karl's killing was also self-defense.
- He sacrifices Gren and several warriors's life to stop a giant from passing through the tunnels.
- He executes Janus Slynt, mainly for disrespecting his honor, although Janos very much deserved it.
- He debates whether to leave the Night's Watch in favor of Stannis to eliminate the Boltons, which he ultimately does himself.
- He executes the three mutineer leaders and Olly, who murdered him, although the former deserved it for their crimes.
- He warns Melisandre to leave him or be executed for sacrificing Shireen.
- He decides to form a military alliance with Daenerys against Cersei and help her win the throne, despite his previous attempt to cooperate with Cersei to fight the Whites together.
- He killed Bolton soldiers in pure rage before beating Ramsay to a pulp (though they deserved it and he was angry about his failed to save Rickon's life from Ramsay).
- He had no problem with strangling Baelish to death. (even though Littlefinger deserved it).
- He almost starts a war against Grey Worm and the Unsullied when he disagrees with the execution of submissive Lannister soldiers.
- He almost murdered Alliser Thorne (at seasen 1) because he mocked Ned's arrest in King's Landing and maybe and he might have killed him if his fellow guardsmen hadn't stopped it, which would have given Jon the death penalty and later (in season 4), he is seen approaching Jon and Alliser calls him to challenge him to it. Assaulting Thorne is considered a sin to his code as a member of the Night's Watch.
- He broke his oath to the Night's Watch twice: after Joffrey executes his father (actually his uncle), Ned Stark, which led him to fight for Robb Stark's army and after his own rebellion and murder. However, both events are understandable as he felt a need for revenge in the first and a disgust for the people who despised him to the point of murder at the secand.
- He disregards the laws of the Night's Watch on several other occasions: sleeping with Ygritte despite his oath to do so and shooting Mance Rayder despite Stannis' execution by burning, although he did so.
- He also treats his wolf, Ghost, too coldly, barely showing him any affection after the last battles and preferring to give him to Thurmond.
- He seems to have had an uneasy relationship with Catelyn Stark, as demonstrated slitting a training dummy when he's outside the royal dinner, although this was understandable and quite mutual, since Catelyn disliked him.
External Links[]
- Jon Snow on the Heroes Wiki
- Jon Snow on the A Wiki of Ice and Fire
- Jon Snow on the A Song of Ice and Fire Wiki
- Jon Snow on the Wiki of Westeros
- Jon Snow on the Base Breaking Character Wiki
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 Inconsistently Admirable
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